Syed Firdaus Ashraf and photographer Hitesh Harisinghani visit Amethi, the Congress bastion in Uttar Pradesh, to find its residents trapped in the the power-play between the state government and the Centre.

Everyone knows that Amethi in Uttar Pradesh is perhaps the most high-profile parliamentary constituency in the country, and its MP is Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi.

Now, a simple question: Guess the duration of loadshedding in Amethi, when residents in Gandhi's stronghold do not have electricity?

16 hours.

Yes, you read that right.

Image: Rahul Gandhi with his mother, Congress party president Sonia Gandhi, on the way to filing his nomination in Sultanpur, Amethi. Photograph: Pawan Kumar/Reuters